Remarks by Bryan Bain
86 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Thank you. I do have a question for Councilmember Myers. I want to make sure I understand what you're asking. Three minutes of Q&A per Councilmember, and you said 15 minutes of...”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, that's okay. So just to clarify, right now we have unlimited time for Q&A. Mm-hmm. we go in an order and then we each get three minutes of comment. Correct. So are you saying essentially then three minutes each of Q and a and three minutes each of discussion? Yes. Okay. Okay. I just want to clarify to make sure that that, um, I think you are well within your right to propose that. I think our rules are done by resolution, so it should be through a formal resolution on the agenda for the public to speak and provide comment on it. I also think that there are other ways to address this…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So pages 18 and 19 of the procedures covers evaluation committees. Okay. Thank you. And... Council Member Strange, I'm curious as to why you've voiced your opinion to remove the procurement director from a contract assignment role, authorization role.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Right. I'm just thinking like in terms of planning and development, does that director there have a contract or decision-making authority that you've given them in their role as a director?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm just looking at, I guess, where are all the spots, Council Member Strange, do you have all the spots identified where that state's at? I see one, but I'm trying to make sure I cover all of those.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Are we able to identify where those spots are?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“which is what we have a habit of doing up here on this council, so that it's done with word salads of amendments, then I need to understand what you're asking me to vote for.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you. I don't need any more of that. I think there's some confusion as to where this actually, what the implication would actually be. So I'll save the rest for comments. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Unfortunately, I think this is just a runaround to neuter a staff member, and I think it's highly uncalled for and inappropriate to do in this manner. If a council member has a problem with a department head, they should take that to the city manager and express that to the city manager. In fact, our council rules specifically state that we should avoid talking about specific department heads in this meeting and their performance or their ability to do their job. That's in our rules now. And so I'm comfortable this policy has been in place for quite a while. I'm comfortable with a…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I move to approve resolution 2026-038R. I second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. The only other question I think was raised was about the data or the age of data, the history of the data. Do we have any information on that?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, and have we done reports or studies before where we've pulled data that currently existed and then synthesized it in a different way to use that to inform future decisions? Yes, we have. Okay, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'll move to approve item number four, alternative water supply evaluation. I second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“The only thing I wanted to just make sure folks know, because I think we got this question before on one of the other communities, is when do these folks actually become like city, actually officially city of Claremont residents? And they are already with the annexation. And so they are considered city of Claremont residents and part of our maps and should be incorporated into those things. The other questions we've got before, just for clarification, is, well, what does that mean for like city of Claremont trash and recycling? And when does that happen? There are current contracts that exist…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Move ordinance number 2026-020 final. Second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I move to approve ordinance number 2026-021 final. Second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I think... the question that council member strange brought up does bring some additional questions, but I don't think we're, I don't think she's actually, if I correct me, if I'm wrong, you're actually proposing that today. So I, I think it'd be, I have to think about that. Cause the one thing I'm wondering is if we, uh, if we actually collect more in a quarter because of future projects. My guess would be that we actually do collect more than we actually expend in a quarter simply to bank for bigger projects that are coming. So I don't know how we differentiate that. But if we're not going…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I do think there is a vehicle that the city attorney mentioned to us two weeks ago, where if we want to actually change a rate that went into effect for October, that we had to do that through a separate resolution. And I don't see that on here. So that's just the reality of where we stand. So I'm hopeful that this passes simply because of that lack of uncertainty that would happen for not only our residents, but also our bond rating and our ability to borrow money if need be and what the cost of that would be. And also that our general fund might have to make up a…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'll move to approve resolution number 2026-031R. I second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, and I think that that's where communities like Claremont, where we broached a certain age of history, often will have some sort of historical preservation, something memorialized in our statute or in our code or in our charter that that says, you know, we have a board or commission that does that. We have a group that does that. We have a staff member, a department of community development is oftentimes something that would, would coordinate that, that maybe, you know, is that something we could look at?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. Those are my questions.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026